With a few weeks delay compared to the scheduled times, starting from next October 28th Apple should make available the updates that will introduce the long-awaited new artificial intelligence platform: the need to postpone its launch was apparently taken by the company’s top management to encourage a transition as smooth as possible and to allow cloud servers to handle the increase in traffic and number of simultaneous downloads.
Who will benefit from the new features
Through iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1 and macOS Sequoia 15.1, i.e. the next versions of its operating systems, the Cupertino giant will begin to gradually introduce its Apple Intelligence. But which devices will benefit from it? The news will exclusively affect the iPhone 15 Pro, all iPhone 16 models and iPads and Macs equipped with at least M1 processors. Doors barred, however, for all older models, including the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus, even though they were only released on the market last year.
In its first phase of life, Apple Intelligence will be available exclusively in United States of America and not all the functions announced last June will be available immediately. As for the rest of the world, it is expected that from December, with the diffusion of iOS18.2, the platform will also be made available in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the United Kingdom. We will have to wait until 2025 for the diffusion of the new technology beyond English-speaking countries, with the expansion of functions in Italian, Spanish, German, Portuguese, French, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese. As regards Europe specifically, it will be necessary to understand whether there will be further delays due to the rules established by the Digital Markets Act.
Apple Intelligence features will initially be rolled out in “beta” versiongiven that the refinement phase will continue in any case. There is therefore the probability that users will have to access a sort of waiting list from the Settings menu and wait for the notification that will allow them to take advantage of the platform and its functions.
The long-awaited news
These will include innovative tools for writingbetween spelling and grammar check, rewriting function and ability to summarize a text, which can also be reorganized into cards, lists or through the choice of salient points.
Also Siri will be perfected, and not only with a new graphic design: the AI will be able to remember conversations and answer questions relating to the main topic while maintaining memory, as well as follow a sentence even if the user changes his intentions or interrupts himself halfway through the speech. The app Mail will receive a complete update, with a new design and innovative categorization methods, with the addition of the summary, highlighting and reply suggestion functions depending on the content of the message received.
As regards i messagesanswer suggestions will be provided, with functions for summarizing, correcting and perfecting the text before sending. In the management of Images New features will be available, from the creation of themed videos via descriptions or voice commands to the photo cleanup option, which will allow you to remove unwanted details.
These are just some examples of the innovations that will be introduced by Apple Intelligence, waiting for the complete package to be made available to everyone after a necessary refinement phase thanks to user feedback.